Window-shade



(No Model.)

W. J. 00X.

WINDOW SHADE.

Patented May'4, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\V ALTER J. COX, OF WIOHITA, KANSAS.

WINDOW-SHADE.

.FIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,981, dated May 4-,1886.

Application filed September 11,1885. Serial No. 176,798. (No model.)

To atZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, \VALTER J. COX, of \Vichita, in the county ofSedgwick and State of Kansas, havcinvented certain new and use fulImprovements in IVindow Shades, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to certain new'and useful improvements in windowshades, in which a shade is used for the upper part of the window andanother shade for the lower part,whc'reby the shades can be adjustedmore easily, less space is required for the shades, and no light canpass in between the shades.

The invent-ion consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails, as will be fully set forth and described hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a front view of a window provided with my improvedwindow'shades, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionalelevation of the same on the line a: av, Fig. 1.

Two bracket-pieces, A, are secured on the windowirame B one at eachsideand are united at the top by a cross-piece, B. In the lower part ofthe brackctpieces A two shaderollers, D and E, are journaled, the rollerD being above the roller E and slightly behind the same.

The bracket-pieces A are each provided near their lower ends with upwardly-curved notches A for receiving the end pivots of the lowerroller, E, the pivots being held in placeby the tension of the cord, aswill be described hereinafter. Said roller E can be removed after thecords have been detached.

A window-shade, F, is secured on the roller D, and a shade, G, issecured on the roller E.

The roller D is provided on one end with a grooved pulley, I-I, outsideof the bracket piece, and on said roller a cord, J is wound, which ispassed through eyes K I on the edge of one bracket-piece A, then extendsdownward and has a weight, L, secured on its end, which weight balancesthe shade F, which hangs down from the back of the upper roller, D, anddown behind the lower roller, E.

To the shadeG on the roller E a cord, M,

is secured on each corner, and the said cords are passed throughapertures N in the upper parts of the bracket-pieces, then extenddownward on the outer sides of the bracket-pieces, and have their lowerends secured to COllOldlll grooved rollers P on the ends ofthe roller E.

To lower the shade F, the end of the cordJ is lifted, thus permittingthe shade to unwind from its roller D under the action of the weight ofsaid shade. To raise the shade F, the weighted end of the cord Jispulleddown, whereby the roller is revolved in such amanner as to wind theshade on said roller.

If desired, the shade F can be pulled down by means of a tassel, loop,or cord secured to the bottom of said shade, and the upper roller, D, onwhich the lower shade is secured, may be a spring-roller.

To raise the upper shade, G, the outer part of either cord M is pulleddown, to cause the inner parts of the cords M to pull the shade up. Asthe shade is unwound from theroller E, the cords M are wound on thepulleys P.

To lower the upper shade the outer part of either cord M is movedupward, whereby the roller E is revolved in such a manner as to wind theshade on said roller E.

I am aware that two eurtainshavebeen used to a window, each adapted tobe wound on a roller arranged at about the middle of the window, andprovided with colloidal-shaped rollers, upon which the cords attached tothe curtains are adapted to be wound, and I therefore do not claim suchinvention.

Having thus described myinvention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combinatiou,with two bracketpieces at the sides of the window, oftwo shade-rollers jourualed in the same, one roller being slightly abovethe other, and the upper roller being slightly back of the lower roller,of a shade secured to the lower roller and extending upward in front ofthe upper roller and a shade secured to the upper roller and hangingdown behind the lower roller. substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The eombination,with two bracket-pieces, A, having notches A", of theroller E, having its pivots passed into the notches, the roller D,journaled in said bracket-pieces above and slightly behind the roller E,and shades Se of the roller D, passed through eyes on one bracket-piece,and a weight on the lower end of the cord J, substantially as hereinshown and described.

\VALTER J. COX.

Witnesses:

R0131. M. PIATT', HENRY FELLOWs, WVM. MATHEWsON.

